Flamboyant international fraudster, Obinwanne Okeke, better known as Invictus, who was once listed on the Forbes Africa 30 Under 30, will on Tuesday (today) be sentenced by a Virginia Court in the United States.
Recall that Okeke was arrested on August 6, 2019, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Confronted with hard evidence, he later pleaded guilty to two charges of Internet fraud that caused $11m losses to his victims in the US. He risks a maximum sentence of 20 years in jail.
Okeke has investments in oil and gas, agriculture, private equity, alternative energy, telecom and real estate. Before his arrest, he operated his holdings under the ‘Invictus Group’, which had footprint in three countries including Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia.
The defendant defrauded American citizens through fraudulent wire transfer instructions in a massive, coordinated, business e-mail compromise scheme.
In December 2020, a Federal High Court in Lagos ordered the permanent forfeiture of N235,451,969 found in his bank account.
